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From the latest meeting of AFP's Treasury Advisory Group: How you can protect your treasury team from email scams bit.ly/1H1C1HR

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An American Management Association survey found that nearly 43 percent of treasury and finance professionals believe the biggest external hurdle in achieving their business goals this year is the introduction of new regulations.

Cyberinsurance may be the most important commercial general liability insurance policy of this century. As a corporate treasury or finance professional, you are probably thinking about changing your insurance budget to include cyberinsurance. But where should you start?

Wire fraud is on the rise due to business email compromise (BEC) scams. In an exclusive video interview, David Neshat, treasurer for Akamai Technologies Inc., explains how treasury teams can recognize these scams and avoid making mistakes that could cost their organizations millions of dollars.

3G is likely to apply zero-based budgeting to help cut costs in the merger between Heinz and Kraft. But the technique is impractical for most companies, according to financial planning and analysis (FP&A) experts.

This month, Futures in Finance turns its attention toward communication across the organization. We look at how effective communication is critical for treasury and finance professionals as they become involved in strategic planning, and more.

AFP Announcements

Treasury and finance professionals are confident that EMV technology will greatly aid their efforts in the fight against credit and debit card fraud, according to a new survey by AFP. However, respondents favor chip-and-PIN cards over chip-and-signature, given the added layer of security.

AFP's new guide, The Missing Links in Investment Analysis, developed by Oliver Wyman, examines how treasury executives can build a portfolio management strategy that makes major investments and acquisitions actually work.

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) announced Tuesday that President George W. Bush would be the keynote speaker at the Opening General Session of the AFP Annual Conference. More than 6,500 treasury and finance professionals will gather for the event, which will be held October 18-21, 2015 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

The new CTC Guide to Cybersecurity: Setting a Cyberrisk Management Strategy, supported by Marsh & McLennan Companies, presents organizations with the means to establish a cybersecurity management strategy and policy, both at corporate level and within the treasury department. By taking a three-step approach to developing this strategy, companies can be highly effective.